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Re: popen/pclose problem in Linux 2.2.x with vfork/glibc 2.1
- To: Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com>
- Subject: Re: popen/pclose problem in Linux 2.2.x with vfork/glibc 2.1
- From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
- Date: 29 Mar 1999 10:02:05 -0800
- Cc: libc-alpha@cygnus.com
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9903291252510.26871-100000@alien.devel.redhat.com>
- Reply-To: drepper@cygnus.com (Ulrich Drepper)
Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com> writes:
> Well, the fact that changing from vfork to fork makes some programs that
> are using nothing more than popen() calls work again and not
> randomly segfault speak for the fact that somthing is rotten when using
> vfork.
I don't doubt that something is wrong. But we should find out what
and then correect the problem and not add a work-around.
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